And so, my friends, it is with humility, determination, and boundless confidence in americas promise that i accept your nomination for president of the United States. A night for the history books as Hillary Clinton officially accepts the democratic nomination for president. She is the first woman to be the nominee of a major u. S. Political party. Hello, everyone, im heather childers. Heather, great to be with you again tonight. Hello, everyone, im eric shaun. Hillary clinton appealing to the
american public at the Democratic National convention. It also was a sharp and stinging speech aimed directly at donald trump. She also portrayed herself as a model of the american dream. She says her parents worked bluecollar jobs to create a better life for their kids. Clinton even acknowledging some of her own flaws. The truth is, through all these years of public service, the service part has always come easier to me than the public part. I get it that some people just dont know what to make of me. Well, before she took the stage, her daughter, chelsea, also worked to paint a softer picture of Hillary Clinton. Chelsea describing a hardworking, but caring mother and now grandma willing to put it all aside for bedtime stories with her granddaughter. Our daughter, charlotte, is nearly two years old. She loves elmo. She loves blueberries. And above all, she loves face timing with grandma. My mom can be about to walk on stage for a debate or a speech and it just doesnt matter. Shell drop everything for a few minutes of blowing kisses and reading chug a chug a choo choo with her granddaughter that was clearly an effort to what theyre calling humanize Hillary Clinton during the last night of the dnc. Lets turn it over to Shannon Bream in philadelphia for us as she has been all week covering the convention. Hi, shannon, exciting night. Reporter it really was. We heard from a mother and a daughter, two women talking about their roles as women and also as professionals. They talked about personal things as well. They both made the argument about why Hillary Clinton should be the next president of theUnited States. Chelsea clinton talked about her mother as very supportive, as a mother, now as a grandmother doing the same. She also talked about her credentials in public service. Im voting for a fighter who never, ever gives up, and who believes that we can always do better when we come together and we Work Together. Reporter in officially accepting the nomination, Hillary Clinton brought the crowd to their feet several times. From gun control to Climate Change, clinton vowed to bring about changes. She took donald trump head on numerous times, calling him out for comments hes made over the course of his campaign and accusing him of having no real plans for solving new problems. She talked about the issues our country has to overcome, including fighting terrorism but sounded an optimistic tone about bringing americans together to find solutions. I will be a president for democrats, republicans, independents, for the struggling, the striving, the successful, for all those who
vote for me and for those who dont. For all americans together. Reporter a very moving moment tonight came when the parents of fallen u. S. Soldier captain humayun kahn talked about coming to america empty handed, believing in our democracy and raising their three sons here, including the one who died serving his country. They got a very warm william, several Standing Ovations tonight from the crowd. On the other hand, we saw a number of protesters tonight as well. We saw king protesters, those who were chanting, no more wars, those protesting tpp and others, a number of Bernie Sanders supporters in the area where we were stationed tonight, they wouldnt even applaud or stand up when hillary had the crowd on their feet. The crowd always responded by chanting hillary, hillary and when that happened, it drowned
those protesters out, put the spotlight right back on her. Packback to you from philly. Thank you so much. Mrs. Clinton laid out her proposals to the country, speaking of her upbringing, her well known history while also sharply digging in directly at donald trump. She used humor and blunt rebuke against him. Did she accomplish what she had to do tonight . With us now is sarah oscar flores and Deputy Campaign manager for Carly Fiorino and also foxs political analyst and advisor with the 2008 Clinton Campaign. So sarah, let me start with you. The Trump Campaign tonight says this speech was, quote, an insulting collection of cliches and rejected rhetoric delivered from the fantasy universe, not the reality we live today, a refusal to say the words radical islam or mention her disaster in libya or her corrupt email scheme all show how little she cares about the safety of the American People. Ouch. Is that fair . Well, i do think that hillarys speech was far more
liberal than a lot of people thought it would be. President obamas speech wanted to capture some conservative core issues. Earli earlier tonight r we saw that as well, a lot of National Security, patriotism, things that democrats have been uncomfortable with in the last few cycles. Her speech was straight down the line, still trying to reach those bernie voters that shes yet to get. It was also intended to bait donald trump, so i doubt hell stay off twitter for long. Im interested as everyone else is to see where he heads next. She was really going after trump saying a man that you can bait with a tweet, you cannot trust with nuclear weapons. She really was scorching about him. Look, i thought it was one of her best speeches ive seen up close and personal, and if you compare her speech to Donald Trumps speech where, really, the expectation for him were, is he going to be able to read a teleprompter, she laid out very specific plans for how she wants
to put America First in her way of bringing us together instead of dividing us, and i think what really struck me in that audience was the feeling of, we have a day of reckoning ahead and as democrats and as republicans, as independents, she really reached out to republicans and independents and i think that is going to be something that the Campaign Continues to do pretty strongly coming out of this convention. He reached out to bernie voters. 90 of them are backing her. But the republican and independent voters that she was talking to, especially since many of them are now starting to endorse her, republican establishment are starting to endorse her, i think thats going to be something we see strongly from the campaign. Well see how many finally endorse her, that may happen later on, but how about likability and trust . She did not si the words radical islam, she did deliver
statements about going after isis more aggressively. But look, she was the secretary of state. What happened . Isis has been spawned during this administration. Well, i find it interesting, this commentary around how many times she says the words, isis, how many times she says this word or that word. Thats not how you keep a nation safe is through how many times you say a word and certainly National Security was front and center in many of the speeches, and she is the only one who is willing to say, this is what my plan is to keep our country strong and safe. Donald trump, on the other hand, has said he has a plan, but its a secret plan and certainly the type of respect and hope and coming together that you expect from a president , the word president ial for the first time in this convention season, we now have seen someone who actually can be president ial. Those two speeches, Hillary Clinton and donald trump, could
not have been any different. One was the president ial speech. The other was quite odd, as Hillary Clinton said. Let me get to sara. What about that, sara . In terms of being president ial, the fact that donald trump said hes got a plan but hes not telling us. President ial is in the eye of the voter so well see what polling says after this. I think its an easy prediction to say that shell get a bump out of this convention, what ill be looking for, will her trustworthiness numbers move, and i think thats much harder to say. Im not sure she accomplished that in this speech even though i do think some of the other speakers might have done some of that for her. Thank you. Were going to be talking about this all night, all night con coverage here on the Fox News Channel as we analyze and dissect this historical evening. No matter what part of the political spectrum youre on, a historic evening. Analyze and dissect, yes, were going to continue that right now. Lets bring in our political
insiders for a look at all the nights highlights. Tamara holder, host of sports court on fox news. Com, Brad Blakeman, former Deputy Assistant to george w. Bush, and Fox News Contributor judith miller. So we made it the final fightnif a long two weeks. I cant believe it. Lets begin, tamara, ill have you go first since youre joining us for the first time. Yes, yes, i took the train in and it was nice and safe. But you know, i liked her speech. But and you all know here and the viewers know im a staunch democrat and i support hillary. I dont think it was enough. I think she did a great job, but this election is not about democrat republican. This is not about liberal and conservative. This is about people who want something new. They want change, and Donald Trumps the one today and this cycle who says that hes going to bring that. Hillary clinton gave more of this is a happy, healthy,
wonderful country. People dont feel that way. This is not a democrat and republican issue. And she dade great job, but i do not think it was enough, and the polls show that and twitter shows it, social media shows it, our friends, i think, probably say the same thing. Brad, what do you think . I hate to be the skunk at the party, but if you didnt like her at 10 00, you didnt like her at 11 30. That was a long speech, 57 minutes. And it was a stump speech that weve heard before but this is no a larger audience. She didnt tailor this speech, i agree, in a way that would make her more likable and trustworthy. Its going back to what jamou just said. Its not what she says, its what shes done. Shes had a lifetime of politics in 40 years. If we dont know her by now, well never know her, and we know her. Too much of an attack on donald trump and not enough detail . This is really amazing because im the independent here and i thought this charismaticly
challenged candidate gave one of the best speeches of her life. To me as an independent, as a woman, as a feminist, it spoke volumes, and what really struck me was her passion when she lit precisely when she was attacking trump and drawing a distinction between what she and democrats believe and what trump believes, and when she took him on and said, not just on the nuclear codes, which weve heard, but when she said, if he believes in making America Great, lets start by making stuff in america and went through the list. People who work in this country as opposed to people who kind of collect things, we responded to that. And the other thing that was amazing, her defense of the military and her amazing line that will stay with me forever, and warning to donald trump, america is great because america is good. I thought it was a very powerful speech. Eric, i dont know what you thought, but i agree with judy
in terms of just the patriotic atmosphere. There definitely seems that there was a concerted effort to show that. It looked like the 1980 convention with Ronald Reagan almost with all the red, white, and blue. But brad, i wanted to pick up with you on this. Do you think were going to see more attacking by her of donald trump, talking about how he criticizes the generals and he knows more than the generals and she said, no, donald, you do not. And that was, like, an ironic, humerus zincer of a baseball bat if there was one. Yeah, but look, donald trump is giving her plenty of fodder and what donald trump has to do is resist. When he tweets, he needs to not push the send button. Because what hes doing is creating a lot of selfinflicted wounds, which, why wouldnt you as the opposition exploit . We only have a hundred days. Were looking at some of his tweets tonight. No one has worst judgment than Hillary Clinton, corruption and devastation follows her wherever she goes, hillarys war in the
middle east have unleashed terror and isis, our way of life is under threat by radical islam and Hillary Clinton cant even bring herself to say the words. Doesnt he have a point . He says a lot in 140 characters. When he strays and is sarcastic or joking on very serious matters, americans dont want their president s to be comedians. They want them to be problem solvers and serious. I agree with a lot of what both of you are saying but i also disagree because he wouldnt be where he is right now if people didnt like president ial candidates to tweet and he gets more views, eyeballs, on one tweet than Hillary Clinton does in a convention. And so that one zinger that he releases every single day at her, multiple times a day, i, personally feel i loved her speech, i thought it was great, but its also a little too late,
and a speech, an hour and a half speech, doesnt make up for all of the anger and resentment and the feelings that people have in america. And i just dont think thats enough. What about Chelsea Clinton . Did she do anything to help in terms of softening her moms image . I think that she was great too. And this is my commentary is not about how terrible i thought anything was. I thought it was all great. But thats not enough in this campaign cycle. Its a little too late. And people just dont want it. They dont want another speech quoting another president , roosevelt and lincoln and whatever. Youre saying she didnt capture, she didnt coalesce the dissatisfaction and some of the concern and some of the fear, economic and unsecurity that we have in this country . I think thats correct. I think she referred to it, but she didnt harp on it. She moved away. It was a morning in america, reagantype speech. Thats what was intended. Others can deliver the bad news. But look, she needed to shes
stressing confidence and caution as opposed to the negatives of donald trump. Weve always said here throughout these two conventions that this is going to be which candidate do you dislike the least, and i think thats what shes going for, and thats why she decided herself to attack donald trump rather than let others do it. Well, man oh man, can you wait for the debates . A lot of folks attacked him yesterday, though. His name was mentioned over 150 times. September 26, hoser university, thats going to be the big rumble in the jungle. Were going talk about the debate, how both of them will perform and say. Well talk about that later on this evening. Our panel is here, het ser here, i am here, you are here. Stay with us because well be covering this throughout the evening. As you know, mrs. Clinton thanked senator Bernie Sandersand his supporters. I wonder what his supporters had to say about that. What else does she need to do . Well be talking about that when our coverage continues. Stay with us. Its here, but its going by fast. The opportunity of the year is back the mercedesbenz summer event. Get to your dealer today for incredible onceaseason offers, and start firing up those grilles. Lease the c300 for 379 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Are you okay . Yeah, i just got charged for my credit monitoring. Thats how i know its working. Ah. You know you can go on creditkarma. Com and check it out there. Its completely free. Really . Yeah oh, that didnt hurt at all. Yeah, completely painless. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. eeeeohmumohweh hush my darling. dont fear my darling. the lion sleeps tonight. hush my darling. man snoring dont fear my darling. the lion sleeps tonight. woman snoring take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. I want to thank Bernie Sanders. Bernie, your campaign inspired millions of americans, particularly the young people who threw their hearts and souls into our primary. I want you to know, ive heard you, your cause is our cause. Hillary clinton thanking Bernie Sanders and his supporters after some of them
have threatened to walk out during her speech. So, did she gain any ground with them tonight . And what else does she need to do . Joining us from philadelphia, the founder and director of vote, run, lead. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. So, it was an exciting night tonight for many different reasons. We heard part of Hillary Clintons speech there where she thanked the supporters of Bernie Sanders. Do you think thats enough for them to say, oh, you know what, maybe ill vote for her now . I think shes got more work to do with bernie supporters but i think you did see her talk about the platform and her asking the bernie supporters to take a look at that platform and what they crafted together. I think thats something that the delegates have been talking about on the floor. Its to take a look at that platform and the process thats been done by the clinton team and the sanders team to come together and craft that. We heard Shannon Bream reporting at the top of the hour, and she talked about several of the Bernie Sanders supporters who were there in the audience and they were refusing